Golden Stream

We had a great first day at Golden Stream primary school. The school is located in a Maya village near where we are staying. The BL students did a great job. They went beyond their comfort zone and provided a well rounded program. The BL students sang songs, played games, told stories and presented the gospel through a craft. We are proud of these students... great attitudes...

is everyone up and stirring thanks to Mrs. Waldroop (Carol) drying her hair at 5 am!! We are about to do morning devotions and then head out to Placencia for some time at the beach before we start our missions this week.

We made it. The group meet our drivers after going through customs and continued down to Jaguar Creek outside of Belmopan, Belize. We had an opportunity to visit a market, ride by the US embassy, and try the local fare. Jaguar Creek is beautiful but it is only a short stay to continue to Punta Gorda (PG) tomorrow. Tomorrow we will go to Placencia to go to the beach and do some other activities before we go to Camp Machaca in PG.

Contacts

Contact Numbers in Belize

U.S. Contact numbers

Ben Lippen High School-803-807-4100

Patty Auld – 803.240.6287 cell

Greg Stuckey Former Missionary to Belize
(contact Greg if you can’t contact us with the numbers provided)
Florence , South Carolina
843-260-7969 (cell)
843-676-0096 (home)

Belize Contact numbers

Steve Auld 803.546-7771 cell

Embassy of the United States of America
Ambassador: Vinai Thummalapally
Belmopan City, Belize; Tel: 501-822-4011 8:00am to 5:00pm—or for emergencies after hours, weekends, and holidays at 501-610-5030, Fax: 501-822-4050; E-mail: ACSBelize@state.gov; Website: https://Belize.usembassy.state.gov.


San Ignacio (Cayo Ditrict)
The Aguada Hotel
www.aguadahotel.com
aguada@btl.net
011-591-804-3609

Punta Gorda (Toledo District)
Best Contact:
Machacha Camp (Where we will lodge)
John and Lisa Gotz ( Calvary Chapel Missionaries)
011-501-669-3299 cell
johngotz@mac.com
Lisagotz@mac.com

Materials

We will be taking various materials for the children of Belize. If there is any way you can add to this that would be great. Tennis balls would be great to take because the kids can play all kinds of games with them.

Supply List: Most can be found at the Dollar Store
Wordless Book Bracelets:
Leather strips for bracelets
Five colors of beads (green, white, red, black, yellow)
Colorful string, small string, and yarn
Colorful beads
Scissors
Bubbles
Balloons
Stickers
Jump ropes
Bouncy balls
Small little toys ($1 stretchy animals, 8 pack?)
Soccer balls
Blow-up beach balls
Board games
Nail polish
Face paint
Paint brushes (small)
Small puppets
Digital Camera (to borrow)
Digital Camera Printer (to borrow)

This Friday after school all students will meet in room 204 with one packed carry on, one packed check bag, and one unpacked check bag. We will be distributing all the many things we are taking to Belize for our mission work amongst everyone's bags. We will also have a scale to not exceed the limit of 50 lbs.

Belize Winterim Itinerary

Leaders: Steve Auld, Gray Spainhour, Cory Swindler,
and Amanda Waldroop

1st day Saturday 2/19/11
****Be at airport at 6 am
Flight to Belize City via Delta
19FEB11 SAT CAE/ATLANTA DELTA 5048 LV. 7:30AM ARR. 9:00AM 19FEB11 SAT ATLANTA/BELIZE DELTA 665 LV.10:10AM ARR.12:32PM
Drive to Jaguar Creek outside of Belmopan to stay at camp

2nd day Sunday 2/20/11
Attend Church
Zip lining through the jungle canopy
River tubing through a cave
Drive through mountains to Camp Machaca outside of Punta Gorda (PG)
Stay at Machaca camp ($40/day/person)

3rd day Monday 2/21/11
Working with school children

4th day Tuesday 2/22/11
Working with school children
Guided hike through the jungle from Laguna Village
Meal in Mayan houses

5th day Wednesday 2/23/11
Working with school children
Market day in Punta Gorda, scavenger hunt in the city or
Free time at Camp Machaca or
Fishing

6th day Thursday 2/24/11
Working with the people of Punta Gorda
Exploring Blue Creek Cave

7th day Friday 2/25/11
Working with school children
Travel to San Ignacio from Punta Gorda

8th day Saturday 2/26/11
Mayan ruins outside of San Ignacio
Free time in San Ignacio

9th day Sunday 2/27/11
Travel to Belize City and Depart from Belize
27FEB11 SUN BELIZE/ATLANTA DELTA 664 LV. 1:28PM ARR. 5:35PM
27FEB11 SUN ATLANTA/CAE DELTA 5478 LV. 8:40PM ARR. 9:41PM